VIA: New Orleans Times-Picayune Admitting a massive cover-up, a former New Orleans police supervisor pleaded guilty to a federal obstruction charge on Wednesday, confessing that he participated in a conspiracy to justify the shooting of six unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina that was hatched not long after police stopped firing their weapons. The guilty plea […]
The AJC.com is reporting that investigators seized three computer hard drives and other items from DeKalb schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis’ home Thursday as part of a criminal investigation into multimillion-dollar school construction projects. Investigators from the district attorney’s office have been searching Lewis’ Stone Mountain home and three school offices since 7:30 a.m. Around 12:30 […]
Lots of people came out last week for 102.5’s Praise Night at the Universoul Circus at the Turner Field parking lot. Check out our pictures below!
TMZ.com is reporting that “General” Larry Platt is taking his “Pants on the Ground” phenomenon to Las Vegas. Platt, who made national news when he sang “Pants on the Ground” on “American Idol,” is scheduled to perform his song at JET nightclub at the Mirage Hotel on Friday. Sources at the hotel tell TMZ Platt, […]
VIA: AJC.com Huddled with family members in a cramped, dark bathroom inside their Powder Springs home, Rajaan Bennett quietly called 911. The McEachern High School football star told the operator they were being held hostage. A little after 2 a.m. last Thursday, Clifton Steger broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Woodcrest Drive house brandishing a .22 caliber […]
VIA: CNN.com A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, a spokesman for the Orange County Fire Department said. The woman, 40, was in the whale holding area about 2 p.m. when “she apparently slipped or fell into the tank and was fatally injured by one of the whales,” the […]
The trailer for the remake of the classic 1984 film, The Karate Kid that stars Will Smith’s son Jaden and Jackie Chan, has hit the Internet. They didn’t set out to remake the movie shot for shot, character for character, but a lot of the plot points remain the same. The Karate Kid is the […]
Your nail polish will always be smooth and easy to apply it you store it in the refrigerator. Frosted nail polish will not separate. However, if it has hardened or is gummy, place the bottle in a pan of boiling water. The polish will be like new.
Even though she flew back to rehab with her sex-addicted husband, Tiger Woods’ wife Elin reportedly wants a divorce. According to gossip columnist Flo Anthony, Elin does not want to stay in the marriage: “I’ve been told that Elin wants to go. Elin does want a divorce,” Flo tells ET, adding she was told that […]
VIA: History.Com On January 18, 1958, hockey player Willie O’Ree of the Boston Bruins takes to the ice for a game against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, O’Ree was the son of a civil engineer, in one […]
The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Roslyn M. Brock, 44, was chosen to succeed Julian Bond. She had been vice chairman since 2001 and a member of the NAACP for 25 years. Brock works for Bon Secours Health Systems in Maryland as vice president […]
VIA: AltheaGibson.Com Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, SC, A right-hander, grew up in Harlem. Her family was poor, but she was fortunate in coming to the attention of Dr. Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg VA physician who was active in the black tennis community. He became her patron as he would later for Arthur Ashe, […]
